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Teen ID'd as Moscow subway bomber Russian investigators identified one of the female suicide bombers in the metro attacks that killed dozens of people as teenager Dzhennet Abdullayeva
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 Kyrgyzstan |
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 Unrest prompts state of emergency   Map of Bishkek Kyrgyzstan The government declaring a state of emergency and street fighting resulting in more than 20 deaths
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Opposition sets up 'people's government' The opposition said Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov had agreed to resign but President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has yet to do so
| Speaking at a news conference, Ex-Foreign Minister Otunbayeva said parliament had been dissolved and an interim government - which would remain in power for six months - was fully in control of the country and had appointed new ministers
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 Obama, Medvedev sign arms treaty| The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a major nuclear arms control , reduces the nuclear stockpiles of both nations. The agreement cuts the number of nuclear weapons he... | |
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President Bakiev says he won't resign| Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiev said he would not resign despite the opposition's assertion that it had ousted the government | |
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U.S.-Russia arms treaty to face GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the Obama administration 'will need to meet three requirements if it expects favorable cons...
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Ousted President Bakiyev 'fears for life' Map of Jalalabad Kyrgyzstan Speaking from a secret location in the southern city Kurmanbek Bakiyev says he fears he will be killed if he returns to the capital
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President accused of looting state The chief of staff of the interim government accused president Kurmanbek of stealing the country's money when he left
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Adopted boy sent back to Russia Tennessee grandmother: A 7-year-old boy adopted by an American family was put on a return flight because of violent and psychotic behavior
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 US suspends Kyrgyzstan flights The US has suspended all troop flights to Afghanistan from Kyrgyzstan, where tensions remain after an uprising against the president
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| Apr.10 |
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 Polish president died in plane crash Map of Smolensk Russia Tupolev 154, carrying Lech Kaczynski, has crashed near a Russian airport. 87 people were killed; there were no survivors
| Kaczynski, his wife Maria and several senior government figures were in Russia to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. They included the army chief of staff Gen Franciszek Gagor, central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek and deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer. There were a total of 132 people on the plane
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 Ukraine to remove uranium stockpile| Ukrainian President Yanukovich followed his meeting with President Obama announced that it will get rid of all its highly enriched uranium | |
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Judge shot dead Eduard Chuvashov, a judge in several high-profile cases was gunned down as he walked out of his apartment to go to work
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Kyrgyzstan |
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Ousted Kyrgyz president on the move 4 days after fleeing his country to neighboring Kazakhstan, Kurmanbek Bakiev is once again on the move, this time to an undisclosed location
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| Apr.21 |
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Russia, Ukraine agree on naval-for-gas Russia's president and the newly elected president of Ukraine signed a landmark agreement on that signals an end to years of enmity
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| Apr.27 |
 Kiev |
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Eggs, fists fly in Ukraine parliament Lawmakers scuffled with each other, throwing punches and eggs, as parliament met to ratify a treaty with Russia that extends the navy presence
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